...Ephraim, I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan himself: I have heard him say, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ? Hast thou thus wept before the Lord ? take then thy comfort from the words of the text, for they...

...follow contrition, lamentation, and unfeigned sorrow for sin, according to that of the. •prophet, after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upoumy thigh, Jer. xxxi. 19. At the beginning of the Office of Baptism it is said, " None can enter...

...wilderness, pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin? Thou hast prepared a prayer for me — turn me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Jer. xxxi. 18. Look to thy new Covenant in the same chapter ; it is all promise, I can do nothing in...

...thing too hard for me?'}'" "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou has chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." Such is the language of a broken-hearted penitent. And mark what follows : " Is Ephraim my dear son...

...words ; Jer. xxxi. 18. "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to...even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of mjr youth." This is the language of Ephraim's repentance. Now hear the language of God's compassion,...

...thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was " chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : " turn me and I shall be turned ; for thou art the " LORD...I smote " upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even con" founded, because I did bear the reproach of my " youth. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a plea"...

...though Hieremie had said before, turn unto me, saith the Lord ; yet afterwards he saith,Turn tliou me, and I * shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore, that ancient writer and holy father, Ambrose, doth plainly affirm, that the turning...

...the prophet Jeremiah! where Epharim is described as bemoaning himself thus, " Thou hast chastised me and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to...the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repehted! and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea even confounded,...

...to the case of the deeply penitent Ephraim, who is represented as bemoaning himself thus : " Af ler that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was...upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea even confounded," (and now mark the cause of this deep consternation,) " because I did bear the reproach of my Youth."...

...and tenderness of an earthly father — " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus — ' I smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth !' Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasent child ? For since f spake against him, I do earnestly...